Lipstick holder



I Sept. 22, 1936.. E. J. MARTIN f l LIPSTICK HOLDER Filed Ju1y'1-4, `1932 INVENT-OR .w e@ BY c.

A'ITORN EY Ami . Patented Sept. 22, 1936 PATENT OFFICE LIPSTICK HOLDER Ernest J. Martin, New Rochelle, N. Y., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., `a. corporation of Connecticut Application July 14, 1932, Serial No. 622,405

1 Claim. (Cl. 20S-56) simple in construction and economical to manufacture. l

With these general `objects in view, the invention consists in the features, combinations, details of construction and arrangements of parts which will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawing and then more particularly pointed out.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a lipstick holder constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a view of the same in front elevation, showing the housing closed;

Figure.3 is a similar view showing the housing open and the lipstick projected for use;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1; and l Figure '5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

For convenience of description, the end of the holder through which the lipstick is projected for use is referred to herein as the top and the face of the holder on which is located the actuating thumb-piece, hereinafter described, is referred to as the front. Referring to the drawing, there is provided a. housing including a pivotally mounted hooded portion forming a top end closure. Although capable of various constructions, the housing here shown as an example comprises what may be termed a stationary portion including a front wall I0, a back wall II and a bottom end closure I2. This stationary portion may conveniently be formed from a single ilat strip bent into U shape. The upper ends of the two walls are rounded 01T as appears in the drawing. y

The hooded portion of the housing here illustrated as an example comprises two opposed side members I4, I5, having hood-like forward ends I6, II, which meet, when the parts are in closed position, to form a top end closure (Fig. 2). i

Side member I4 has an inturned rear iiange 'member I5 has similar fianges 22, 23.

I9 and an inturned front ange 20 and side When the parts are in closed position, the several ilanges ilt inside the stationary portion of the housing. In this position, the meeting hooded ends IB, I1, are substantially in line with the rounded ends of the front and rear walls IIJ, Il, and the parts form an enclosure or complete housing.

To pivotally connect the two-piece hooded portion of the housing with the other portion of the housing, a pivot pin or rivet' I8 passes through the front and back walls I0 and II of the stationary housing portion and through flanges I9, 20, of side member I4. A similar pivot pin 2| passes through the front and back walls I0 and II and through flanges 22, 23, of side member I5.

Slidable between front wall I0 and back wall II is'a carrier shell or cup 26 which holds the cosmetic pencil or lipstick 21. Extending across the carrier shell 26 is a, pin or'rivet 28 which projects through a slot 29 in the front Wall I0. On the outer end of this pin 28 is a head or'thumbpiece 30. By movement of the 'thumb-piece and its connecting pin up and down slot 29, the lipstick may be advanced and retracted.

When the side members I4, I5, are swung apart to open position the carrier is free to be advanced to project the lipstick. As is hereinafter described in more detail, the side members may be opened first and the carrier then advanced or the carrier may first be started on its advance movement and the side members automatically opened in time to permit projection of the lipstick. To this end, the invention in its entirety' includes means for causing relative angular movement between the pivoted portions of the housing. to open the housing, upon advance of the carrier. In the present exemplication, this angular movement is in the form of a separation of the hooded 'side members I4, I5, and this separation may be conveniently effected by cam means. To this end, as here shown as an example, front ilange 20 of side member I 4 is cut away to form a cam edge 33 and front ange 23 of side member I5 is similarly cut away to form a cam edge 34. Carried by and moving with the carrier shell is a cam-engaging wedge 35. When thumb-piece 30 is moved up the slot to advance the carrier, wedge 35 engages cam edges 33, 34, and cams apart the twoside members I4, I5. This separation of the side members moves the hooded ends I6, I'I, out of line with the lipstick 21 or, in other words, opens the end of the housing to permit projection of the lipstick (Fig. 3).

There is provided means for limiting the separation of the hooded sides I4, I5. To this end, as here shown as an example, the rear yflange I9 of side member I4 has a slot 40 riding on a stop pin 4I carried by rear wall I I. The rear iiange 22 A tion of the lipstick. Although this may be effect-A ed in various ways, in the embodiment here shown as an example, side member I4 has an inwardly extending, lever-like tongue 45 at its lower end. Overlying this tongue is a lever-like-tongue 46 on the lower end of side member I5, the end of tongue 4S being oiset to accommodate tongue d5 (Figs. 2, 4). In the open position of the housing (Fig. 3), these lever-like tongues are swung upwardly. To reverse the position of the parts, carriedby the carrier unit are twin lugs fil. As the thumb-piece is drawn down to retract the lipstick, these lugs, near'the end of the carrier movement, engage the tongues 45, 46, and by forcing them down cause the pivoted side members to be swung inwardly toward each other. This return of the' side members to initial position again closes the housing. It will be apparent that by the time this closing operation is eiected, the forward end of the lipstick has been Withdrawn to a point below the hooded ends I6, I1, of the side members.

To hold the parts in proper position when the lipstick4 is retracted and the housing closed, the carrier unit has a spacer lug d8 on its rear face. Rear anges I9, 20, of the respective side members I4, I5, are cut away to form stop edges t9, 50. ln closed position, spacer lug t8 seats between these stop edges and prevents any wabbling movement of the side members. On the front of the carrier unit is a guide lug 52 that rides in slot 29 and serves to guide the carrier unit-and to hold the same against wabbling and the like when the lipstick is in advanced position.

As appears in Fig. 2, when the parts are in closed position slot 29 is substantially closed by lug 52, thumb-piece 30, wedge 35 and the meeting edges of anges Zi), 23.

On the rear wall ll, near the top, is a ngerpiece or abutment I.

In operation, the holder is held in the :dngers of the user. with theforeiinger hooked over fingerpiece 5I and the thumb on the thumb-piece 38.

By an upward movement of the thumb, the thumb-piece is advanced up slot 2 9. This moves the carrier and the lipstick upwardly. During the early part ofthe movement wedge 35 cams apart the pivoted side members I4, IS, to open hooded ends I6, II, and clear the advancing lipstick. Continued movement of the thumb-piece and carrier projects the lipstick to itsv extreme position ready for use (Fig. 3) Upon a reverse movement of the thumb-piece, the carrier and the lipstick are withdrawn. Near the end of this reverse stroke, lugs 41 engage lever-like tongues B6, d5, and the end of the movement causes the latter to swing the side members inwardly to initial position, thereby closing hooded ends I6, Il, over v the now withdrawn lipstick.

With the construction described, the lipstick is housed when not in use and the entire operation'of'opening the housing, advancing and retracting the lipstick and closing the housing is a one-handed one. This leaves the users other hand free to hold a mirror or the like. In addition, the lipstick holder described provides a neat and compact construction with uninterrupted sides that make available unbroken surfaces for ornamentation.

It is to be understood that the term lipstick holder, as used in the specication and claim, is descriptive only and that the invention is applicable to other cosmetic pencils, crayons and the like.

What is claimed is:

In a lipstick holder, and in combination, a stationary U-shaped housing portion including front and rear walls and a bottom end closure, the upn per ends of said walls being rounded, two opposed side members having inturned anges and hoodlike upper ends, the iianges itting inside the stationary housing portion and the hood-like ends meeting and being in line with the round ends of the latter when the holder is closed, means for pivotally connecting the side members with the stationary housing portion, a lipstick carrier slidable between the front and rear walls of the stationary housing portion, a thumb piece outside the housing and connected with said carrier by a pin, the front wall having a slot for said pin, a cam element carried by the carrier, the iront iianges of said side members being cut away to form cam edges for engagement by said c am element, whereby upon movementof the thumb piece to advance the carrier the side members are opened outwardly, stop pins carried by the rear wall of said stationary housing portion, therear anges having slots riding on said stop pins to limit outward movement oi the side members, and a linger abutment on the rear wall of said stationary housing portion.

ERNEST J. MARTIN. 

